1880.] THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 451 



This little-known species was established by me in 1870' (upon 

 a specimen living in the Society's Gardens). Mr. Van Bemmelin, 

 of the Zoological Gardens of Rotterdam, having two pairs of it, has 

 kindly parted with one pair in our favour. 



2. A young male Liihdorf's Deer {Cervus luehdorfi), received 

 May 30th. 



Of the discovery of this Deer I spoke at the last meeting of the 

 Society (see p. 420). The authorities of the Gardens at Hamburgh 

 have kindly allowed us to acquire one of the young males born in 

 their garden for this Society's collection. 



I take this opportunity of offering some remarks upon two 

 species previously received, which (as must be often the case witli 

 living animals) seem to have been wrongly determined. 



A male Black Lemur, purchased Nov. 25th, 1878, was entered on 

 the list of additions ^ as Lemur macaco, that being the only known 

 species of Black Lemur, In June last we received of Mr. Badger a 

 fine pair of the true Lemur macaco (male black, female=i. /ewco- 

 mystax), and our Superintendent's excellent eye immediately told 

 him that we had here to do with two distinct species. 



Fig. 2. 



Head of Lemur macaco. Head of L. mgerrimiis. 



The first arrival is a larger and more intensely black animal, with 

 a raised crest of short upstanding hair on its head. Moreover the 

 ear-conch is naked, and not furnished with tufts of hair as in Lemur 

 macaco, from which it is certainly distinct (see woodcut). I propose 

 to name it for the present Lemur nigerrimus, although it may pos- 

 sibly turn out to be a black variety of some known species, with 

 the following characters : — 



Lemur nigerrimus, sp. nov. 



Ater unicolor ; pilei cristati pilis extantibus ; auriculis nudis. 

 Long, tota cor p. 16, caudce 20 poll. Angl. 



In August last year we purchased of a London dealer 18 examples 

 01 a Duck from Australia, which we supposed to be Anas punctata 

 (sive castanea) in winter costume, as they nearly resembled the 

 figure of the female given by Mr. Gould (Birds of Australia, 

 vol. vii. pi. xi.). They were accordingly thus entered in our 

 1 P. Z. S. 1870, p. 279, t. xTiii. 2 See p, z. S. 1878, p. 1016. 



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